The ideal candidate has 8+ years of product management experience in Financial Management Software (FMS), Payments or Human Capital Management (HCM)
The candidate has experience building for small business mid-market customers at a company with an ecosystem of products and services
Proven track record of successfully championing trajectory-changing business shifts for organizations, including commercial and product innovation that translates to revenue and customer growth.
Experience in building and executing a clear, crisp, durable 3-year product strategy
Functional:
Exceptional at prioritization and decision-making -- narrowing to the critical few
Experience managing a complex portfolio of products with both 0-1 offerings and existing at-scale offerings.
Effective at working cross-functionally in a large matrix-style organization to ensure teams can move with speed and maximum impact.
Ability to create operational rigor across their organization to ensure decisions are data-backed and supported by research.
Leadership and managerial:
Exceptional ability to influence beyond their direct team to the portfolio level, company, and executive leadership level, including cross-functional partners and potential stakeholders.
Experience managing teams that cover more than one primary offering. Has demonstrated they can lead a team of product leaders at the level who manage other leaders.
Experience successfully attracting and retaining top talent globally, including experience managing teams across multiple global locations.
Ability to earn trust and respect from senior leaders, peers and functional partners: inspire confidence in the plan and progress, and with a propensity for end-to-end excellence.
Have the ability to develop a strong point of view combined with the openness to evolving that view based on new data and feedback.
Grace (and tendency to thrive) under pressure: possess an ability to help and protect cross-functional leadership teams and have courage of conviction to achieve plans and visions.
Proven ability to solve complex problems: have the ability to drive to solutions from an abstract, both at a high-level, as well as from deep in the details.
A customer obsession: gain deep customer insights and translate them into strong business results.
Data-driven analytic and decision-making skills: think methodically and present and influence logically.
Boundaryless leadership: employ a balanced approach to inquiry and advocacy with teams and leaders.
A growth mindset: demonstrate a track record of coaching and developing team members to continuously learn, grow and develop new capabilities.